Index of English words, starting with "cl"

(1) - Cleavable (a.) Capable of cleaving or being divided.

(1) - Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.
(2) - Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.
(3) - Cleavage (n.) The act of cleaving or splitting.

(1) - Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
(2) - Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.
(3) - Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
(4) - Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
(5) - Cleave (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
(6) - Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

(1) - Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

(1) - Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.